History of scientific diving, diving technology, ocean exploration, deep sea diving. Sub-oceanic history. Author, bookreviewer, lecturer. ICHO member.
Merzig, Germany
Joined September 2009
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Dr. Michael W. Jung retweeted
Calling the global ocean community! There are currently 43 training and funding opportunities on Ocean Connector, the #OceanDecade capacity development platform, including:
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Dr. Michael W. Jung retweeted
🌐 In the lead up to #OceanDecade27, join us and global ocean experts for a new webinar series exploring:
👉How ocean science helps shape the global policy agenda
👉How we can build a lasting #OceanDecade legacy
Find more information and register here: ow.ly/bG1A50ZXg80
The rescue of the USS Squalus is a remarkable chapter in the history of human access to the deep. From a Sub-Oceanic History perspective, such events reveal how technology, infrastructure, and human ingenuity have shaped our ability to survive and operate beneath the surface
Dr. Michael W. Jung retweeted
After more than two years of research in archives across Europe:
The malicious plots and international intrigues surrounding the most strategically important invention you’ve never heard of
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Dr. Michael W. Jung retweeted
🔵 The 2027 Ocean Decade Conference (7-9 April, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) will spotlight Ocean Decade Solutions designed to translate knowledge into action.
Discover them here: ow.ly/aIJC50ZQEk1
#OceanDecade27 #OceanDecade
Dr. Michael W. Jung retweeted
🎥 Watch the award-winning films of the @OceanicGlobal Short Film Festival 2026, an initiative endorsed by the #OceanDecade, online!
The four films will be available from 17 September on the Waterbear streaming platform: ow.ly/Yy7a50ZNqRZ
Dr. Michael W. Jung retweeted
🔵 Applications for the COBRA Early Career Deep-Sea Expedition Leadership Master Class and Fellowship are open!
Sponsored by @SchmidtOcean, the 2027 Master Class trains early career researchers in deep-sea expedition planning.
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#OceanDecade #ECOPs
Yonaguni powerfully illustrates how diving technology still defines the limits of our underwater archaeological understanding. Decades of exploration, yet never the opportunity for a true, complete excavation.
What is #OceanLiteracy, and why is it important?
Discover how, as part of the #OceanDecade, scientists, educators, artists and more work together to advance ocean literacy across the world: ow.ly/mBbP50ZKnoL
#LiteracyDay
Dr. Michael W. Jung retweeted
Help co-create the COSEA marine citizen science App!
The COSEA App, a project endorsed by the #OceanDecade, is an open platform for project collaboration.
Learn more and take part here: ow.ly/phJE50ZHmgS
Dr. Michael W. Jung retweeted
🔵 The Ocean Decade Progress Report for the Tropical Americas and Caribbean region highlights that, with 136 endorsed initiatives, the region is making meaningful contributions to #OceanDecade goals.
Download the report here: ow.ly/fct850ZHBO3
Knowledge transforms underwater access into understanding. Once the ocean could be observed, measured and mapped, the underwater world became knowable. And with each new instrument, its unknown characteristics came to light. #SubOceanicHistory #OceanHistory
My new Working Paper explores Knowledge as the second analytical dimension of Sub-Oceanic History. Read the paper here: researchgate.net/publication…
Dr. Michael W. Jung retweeted
What’s new in #OceanScience?
🔴 Ocean temperature reaches highest level on record
🌊 Indigenous-led Rapa Nui Marine Protected Area secures key global support
💙 New seahorse species recognised after being mistaken for another species for over a century
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Dr. Michael W. Jung retweeted
📢Delighted to finally go public with news about our series! Early Modern Maritime Humanities 1400-1800: Oceans in History & Culture is published by @degruyter_brill
Series Editors: @clairejowitt & John McAleer
brill.com/page/forthcoming_e…
Do send in your proposals for salty books!⚓️
Dr. Michael W. Jung retweeted
Cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina practiced replacing a thermal control panel for the ISS underwater 👨🏻🚀
The cosmonauts trained in the hydrolab. They are preparing for work outside the station.
The thermal control panel is stored in a pressurized cylindrical container equipped with handrails. The cosmonauts carry the load in turns, passing the container to one another.
In space, the crew will be assisted by the ERA robotic arm.
Technologies that allow us to observe, map and understand the underwater world do more than extend human access. They transform what can be known.
Access → Knowledge → Control
#SubOceanicHistory
How can #OceanData support climate adaptation?
As part of the #OceanDecade, scientists harness ocean data to predict the impact of climate change on the ocean and on the communities who depend on it—from fish biodiversity to extreme weather events: ow.ly/sU7K50XtYAy
Apply now! This Fellowship on Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea speaks directly to the Control dimension of #SubOceanicHistory : how the ocean’s interior is turned into a governable, operational domain through law, institutions and technology.
🔵 Call for Applications: Apply now for the 2027 United Nations–Nippon Foundation Fellowship on Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea!
🔗 Check the eligibility criteria and apply here: ow.ly/pFf150ZwsFS
🚨 Deadline for applications: 13 September 2026
A surprising technological link: gas regulators developed for these cars became a precursor to the “Aqualung” regulator — connecting automotive technology with the history of scuba diving. #SubOceanicHistory
Cars powered by coal or wood utilized a technology known as gasogene, a system that converts solid matter into combustible gas to fuel standard internal combustion engines. This technology gained immense traction worldwide during World War II (1939–1945), serving as a direct solution to the severe gasoline rationing and shortages of the era.